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Posted at 7:11pm on Jul. 4, 2008 What Did You Do on Independence Day?

By streiff

GEN Dave Petraeus re-enlists 1,215 US soldiers at Al Faw Palace, Baghdad. July 4, 2008.

Sort of puts the typical fireworks display and barbecue to shame. If this brings neither a tear to your eye or causes a bit of a tingle to run up your spine you need to rethink what today is about.

(h/t to Bob Krumm from whom I pinched the headline)

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Posted at 3:41pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Gen. Petraeus Speaks

By Erick

General Petraeus sent out a letter to all the troops under his command. It is very much well worth your time to read it, which you can do so here.

In part, Gen. Petraeus writes:

I also want you to be aware of my recognition that our focus on securing the population means that many of you will live in the neighborhoods you're securing. That is, in fact, the right way to secure the population - and it means that you will, in some cases, operate in more austere conditions that you did before we adjusted our mission and focus. Rest assured that we will do everything we can to support you as we implement the new plans. This approach is necessary, because we can't commute to the fight in counterinsurgency operations; rather, we have to live with the population we are securing.

[Emphasis added] Please do read the whole letter here.

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